Tuesday, October 05, 2010

Those of you that know me well know just how much I love color. This love affair has gone back as far as when I was a little girl and had rainbow sheets and lavender walls! (Please don't judge ;))

I adore color in my clothes, accessories, scrapbook pages and more. I can't get enough of happy rainbows of color so you can imagine how absolutely over-the-moon excited I was to be contacted by BIC and asked if I was interested in reviewing their new 36-color-set of ultra fine point permanent markers. Um, YES!

But I truly wasn't prepared for the package when it arrived just a couple of days later. First, the array of colors was just incredible. There was everything from the palest salmon pinks to the deepest plums and everything in between. I couldn't get over the variety of colors that I had never seen in a permanent marker set. When I finally got myself to open them (I love pretty packages), I was really impressed with the the opacity and fluidity of the color as well. The light colors, while very light and soft, were also considerably opaque. While I wouldn't use the lightest shades to write on dark cardstock, they were still bold enough to be seen clearly on any lighter shade you might want to use. I also tested them on textured cardstock because that's what I use most often both in scrapbooking and cardmaking. The BIC pens were much more fluid than I could have imagined for a permanent marker and because the tips are fine there was no skipping! How great, right?!

But it just gets better. As in love with this new happy rainbow of color *I* am, one of you can be as well! BIC has generously agreed to give away a set of 36 markers just like the one I have to one of my lucky readers because they know just how fabulous you are, too!

So here's how you can get in on this: Leave me a comment on what makes YOU happy as well as what pen color you'd like to see and you can be entered to win! Entries will be accepted until 11:59 PM Eastern time WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6th! So get in on this while you can!

scrapbooking makes me happy! what color would I like? I would like a variety of browns. I use brown all the time, but sometimes dark brown is too dark. I don't mean tan, that would be too light, but in between.

a clean house makes me happy! Unfortunately, it's not like that most the time. Those pens would make me happy too! I'd love to see a magenta or hot pink pen color because I tend to need one more often than I thought.

My kids and my DH make me happy. Without them, I would have nothing. I love the smiles on their faces, hearing their laughter. hmmm... colors? I have to choose? LOL I use brown alot, so I have to say different shades of brown. But I love greens and blues as well.

camping with my hubby & kids makes me really happy. we just bought a camper this summer and I love it. I would like to see the red pen. Hate when my pens skip, will have to get me some of these (if I don't win a set from you he-he)

Funny, I was just commenting this morning on a pastellayout I recently completed. I never like tham as well as the brighter or higher contrast layouts. The markers sound heavenly. I would like a good chocolaty brown marker. Thanks for the chance to win.

Oh, you lucky girl! I love color too, but right now pumpkin patches are making me happy! I can't wait to get my little one in the patch with his new cute pumkin hat! In fact, that's the color marker I'd like to see too!!! :-)

When my family is happy, I'm the happiest. Their smiles fill me with joy. :)As for these markers - I actually just bought a smaller set of Bic Mark-it's a little while ago. Great quality, and ultra-fine too!! The writing markers I use most are white, brown, and olive green. I'd love to see a white pen that's more consistent, and a lighter shade of brown and olive would be great.

things that make me happy, bright colours, sunshine and my crazy, smiley daughter. the colour I would like to see, the palest of pink like the blossoms on the tree outside my window (its spring here down-under)

Meeting Kelly Goree at MOA Scrapfest made me reeeeally happy! As far as everyday stuff, cozy fleece blankets and hot chocolate make me happy!And maybe they could add to their set an extra *used alot* color, like 2 blacks, 2 browns, etc., cause it looks like they covered the spectrum! Hey Kelly, I had every wall a different color pastel when I was a young girl!

Wow, what a gorgeous set of pens. My favorite colors are purple, orange, and apple green. But the most "usable" basic pen colors I'd like to see is a nice deep chocolate brown and a dark charcoal grey.

my family and scrapbooking makes me happy! GREEN is my absolutely favorite color! i love those sets of pen, i always like to do some doodling in my LO's so i have markers, gel pens always in hand. thanks for the chance to win.

Scrapbooking makes me happy...actually, being creative in any way makes me happy. I love black and white as a combo and bright colors (hot pink was my favourite colour as a child). In fact today I just did a layout with bright pinks and greens and turquoise and posted it on my blog, then noticed your post right after that about colour!

Scrapbooking makes me happy...actually, being creative in any way makes me happy. I love black and white as a combo and bright colors (hot pink was my favourite colour as a child). In fact today I just did a layout with bright pinks and greens and turquoise and posted it on my blog, then noticed your post right after that about colour!

Those look amazing! Thanks for a great review. What makes me happy... is pens! Seriously. My family jokes because I ALWAYS put pens on my Christmas list. They don't understand why anyone who owns hundreds of pens would want more.

It's so hard to pick one thing that makes me happy. I've been very creative lately, so of course scrapbooking, photography and my writing are on that list. Chocolate makes me happy! I'd love to see the fuschia type color, sine the darker pinks are some of my favorite colors. But I've been leaning more towards greens and blues lately, as well. They are all beautiful!

What makes me happy? Watching my kids look at their scrapbooks I've created. They will pull out an old one and appreciate what I've done for them :) The colors that make me happy are pinks and purples.

Paper makes me happy! I could doodle all day. I've always used black or blue black to do my sketches in but I would love to see them in a salmon or lime green! Mmmm mmm! Thanks for the opportunity to win these markers! They are delicious! KimNeroliskye.etsy.com

Listening to my 5 year old son teaching his almost 2 year old sister the songs that he is learning in kindergarten makes me happy! I would love a nice true navy blue marker! Thank you for the chance to win this lovely set!

My family makes me happy, a good book makes me happy and scrapbooking makes me happy. I also LOVE a good pen and when I find that special one, I hide it from everyone so only I get to use it. I can't imagine having 36 special pens - maybe I could share...or maybe NOT! Any shade of pink is great!

Carrie G.My family makes me happy, a good book makes me happy and scrapbooking makes me happy. I also LOVE a good pen and when I find that special one, I hide it from everyone so only I get to use it. I can't imagine having 36 special pens - maybe I could share...or maybe NOT! Any shade of pink is great!

So many things make me happy. Thanks for making me think about it I was having a down day and this helped to think about what makes me happy. good friends, my kids hugs and their laughter when my husband helps out and fall. Now I can start the day positive. Color wise I love them all but this time of year I love the fall colors! Orange, brown, deep reds.

I love my kids and hubby, but time alone (usually scrapbooking) makes me VERY happy!!! I am an oddball I guess because nobody has mentioned a yellow. I would love a yellow that shows up. Hope to win and give this Bic yellow a try :)

I LOVE a new box of markers, crayons (the 64 box of crayolas please!), glitters, cardstocks.... the assortment of color just completely exicites me! Always has! I love cerulean blue. thanks for the chance!!!!

Thanks for the opportunity to win. Everyday life makes me happy and watching happy children enjoying and exploring the newness and experiences of everyday. I can't choose one color since everyday I think I find a new one, especially this time of year.

What makes me happy is having no tasks to do, no homework, to orders etc. Just having the time to do wathever I like...scrapbooking most of the time;) My favs of these colours are the pink ones. I love everything girly and pink:)

Pretty, pretty rainbow! I am the person that always has everything in rainbow order. I think as a kids I organized my crayons in rainbow order more than I colored with them. Right now the cooler weather is making me happy. No more 100's and hopefully no more 90's!! I love Fall but when it is so hot, hot chocolate and pumpkin pie don't seem to go together. I would love to win this great pen collection!!

Patterned paper is what makes me happy, I have tons that are yet to be used:-) I love the array of colours in this set, it's awesome.. I would like to see a light pink pen, it's such a pretty colour, great for adding sentiments on baby cards..

I love fall and spending a day with my kids in the cool crisp sunshine makes me happy. Enjoying a yummy pumpkin latte from Starbucks a cool fall day makes me happy too! As to colour of pen I'd like to see.... any and all shades of green!! Thanks for the chance to win.

There are so many things that make me happy...but the thing that I am craving right now is "me" time...crafty time. THAT would make me SOO happy!!! And I would love to see a good brown pen. I love to journal in brown and am always on the hunt for the perfect chocolate/dark brown.

Getting new crafty supplies in the mail makes me happy - so exciting to open up a package & start to envisage the possiblities of what can be created with these new goodies! I'm always on the look-out for a good dark chocolate brown marker or pen - a nice change from black for journalling & faux-stitching. Thanks for sharing this great new product with us!

Of course, my family makes me happy. Sunshine makes me happy. But one thing that can always pull me out of the dumps is singing along with my favorite songs--especially if they are sad songs. Funny, huh? :) (don't judge, right?)I'd love to have a really bright sky blue marker, and I have to say I really have a LOVE affair with markers. Just ask my second graders, they'll tell you. :)

I would love to see a pen that somehow would look more black if you had more black accents on your page and more brown if there were more brown tones...kwim? Like brown/black mascara...it's kind of either/or. Thanks for the chance to win!

Those look so magnificent! Spending time with my kiddos makes me happy...and scrapping all of the photos that I take comes in a VERY CLOSE 2nd! LOL...My fave color is PURPLE...any shade! LOVE IT! Thanks for the opportunity!

Playing with my stamps and embellishments makes me happy! Right now I'm making my own embellished paper flowers with brads and buttons and I'm having so much fun! I'd love to see a pretty pastel pink pen that doesn't have any peach or purple in it.

I think happiness can be found wherever you choose to look. My family, my work, my scrapping... basically my life makes me happy :) These pens look fantastic. I would love to see the blues and greens as I struggle to find the perfect journaling colours for pages of my son.